Prospect Info: 2017 Rankings #11

[tigervixxxen]

2017 PROSPECT RANKING
[table="head;width=800]RANK|PREV|CHNG|NAME|POS|TEAM|DRAFT|VOTES

1|New|N/A|Cale Makar|D|Brooks (AJHL)|#4 overall 2017|133 votes, 54.14%|

2|3|+1|Tyson Jost|C|University of North Dakota (NCHC)|#10 overall 2016|111 votes, 96.40%|

3|4|+1| JT Compher|C|San Antonio (AHL)|#35 overall 2013 (T)|107 votes, 60.75%

4|5|+1| Nicolas Meloche|D|Charlottetown (QMJHL)|#40 overall 2015|117 votes, 37.61%|

5|2|-3| Chris Bigras|D|San Antonio (AHL)|#32 overall 2013|111 votes, 53.15%|

6|6|0| AJ Greer|LW|San Antonio (AHL)|#39 overall 2015|115 votes, 53.04%|

7|New|N/A| Conor Timmins | D| Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)|#32 overall 2017| 89 votes 73.03%|

8|11|+3| Andrei Mironov|D|Dynamo Moskva (KHL)|#101 overall 2015|94 votes, 41.49%|

9|7|-2| JC Beaudin|C|Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)|#71 overall 2015|87 votes, 51.72% |

10|New|N/A| Igor Shvyryov| C| Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (MHL)|#125 overall 2017| 89, votes 28.09%|
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Added: Julien Nantel, Nate Clurman
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[tigervixxxen]

I always like to post the previous top 10s at this point for comparison.

2016

1. Rantanen
2. Bigras
3. Jost
4. Compher
5. Meloche
6. Greer
7. Beaudin
8. Morrison
9. Martin
10. Nantel

2015

1. Rantanen
2. Bigras
3. Bleackley
4. Pickard
5. Meloche
6. Compher
7. Geertsen
8. Siemens
9. Wood
10. Greer

2014

1. Bigras
2. Bleackley
3. Siemens
4. Hishon
5. Elliott
6. Aittokallio
7. Bourke
8. Butcher
9. Geertsen
10. Wood

2013

1. MacKinnon
2. Barrie
3. Siemens
4. Elliott
5. Bigras
6. Hishon
7. Sgarbossa
8. Pickard
9. Aittokallio
10. Heard

2012

1. Elliott
2. Siemens
3. Hishon
4. Barrie
5. Gaunce
6. Sgarbossa
7. Aittokallio
8. Olver
9. Pickard
10. Heard

 

[ASmileyFace]

I honestly thought Shvyryov wouldn't win that last round.

Not sure who to choose this round.

Looking at our lists... 12-14 explain a lot of what's going on now. Only Picks, Barrie and MacK are full time NHLers.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

Lindholm

 

[McMetal]

Wow, that's as narrow a margin as I think I've ever seen in one of these polls. Almost a 3 way tie. I'm going Martin again, although it would pain me to see Morrison slip to 12.

Also, crazy to look back on some of those prior top 10s. Dayum.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Morrison for me this time.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Ha, I remember back when Aittokallio was thought of higher than Pickard


Morrison, add Josh Anderson

 

[Patagonia]

Lindholm was impressive in his short NHL appearance. Morrison is the next choice, but playing College hockey, little information about his progress.

 

[cgf]

Morrison, Henry & Martin in some order should be the next three

Add Anderson. Then Leiverman?

 

[tigervixxxen]

Add Barron next

 

[Balthazar]

2012

1. Elliott
2. Siemens
3. Hishon
4. Barrie
5. Gaunce
6. Sgarbossa
7. Aittokallio
8. Olver
9. Pickard
10. Heard

That's a sad, sad list.

 

[Tweaky]

Martin, add Siemens

 

[Bone Breaker]

voted Nantel. he is ten positions too low already, imo.



does St. Amant count for these rankings? if so, I say add him.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Went with Morrison here. Easily could have gone Martin also.

 

[UncleRisto]

Morrison. Add Anderson.

That 2012 top-10 is fire.

 

[tigervixxxen]

voted Nantel. he is ten positions too low already, imo.



does St. Amant count for these rankings? if so, I say add him.

No, he's not on NHL contract. If he was then he could be added.

 

[henchman21]

Add Anderson.

 

[landy92mack29]

Martin, add Siemens

this

 

[Avsblitzkrieg]

Cluman

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

I know he is short, but I'm going with Smirnov. I like that, as a Fr, he was the best player on one of the better teams. Mix that with his ceiling and he edges out Morrison and Martin.

 

[Former Ladder]

I know he is short, but I'm going with Smirnov. I like that, as a Fr, he was the best player on one of the better teams. Mix that with his ceiling and he edges out Morrison and Martin.

Smirnov is probably the guy I know least about but I think age matters here. I could be wrong but aren't Morrison and Smirnov the same age?

Otherwise, from what I've read, Smirnov does not really project as an NHLer unless a lot of things go right whereas Morrison only projects as not an NHLer if things go wrong.

 

[henchman21]

Smirnov is a year older than Morrison... fun fact, in 15-16 Morrison finished 3rd in scoring in the USHL. Smirnov finished 5th. Just have to find a way to get Pitlick and we would have the odds in the top 5.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Smirnov is probably the guy I know least about but I think age matters here. I could be wrong but aren't Morrison and Smirnov the same age?

Otherwise, from what I've read, Smirnov does not really project as an NHLer unless a lot of things go right whereas Morrison only projects as not an NHLer if things go wrong.

I wouldn't call Morrison a safe bet to make it. He isn't exactly an energy player or good defender right now.

 

[McMetal]

I like Smirnov, but he's the definition of top six or bust. He has some nice tools that might help him stick in the NHL, but there's a great deal of uncertainty about whether or not his weaknesses will keep him from getting there at all.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I think Smirnov is going to be a top AHLer scorer like Grimaldi, Agozzino. And there's value in that to the org. Sure there's the possibility he just blows up and defies the odds but that's probably his path.